document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1187189>Question 1187189</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After making a trip of (26 km, Christina found that if she had increased her average speed by 8 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "per hour. she could have made the trip in one hour less time. Find Christina's original rate.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #818141 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=818141\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each way of the trip would be 26 km.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r, the original speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+8, the not-done higher speed\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time difference would have been 1 hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Gen. Soln. Quadratic Eq.<BR>\n" );
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